Ink Smooshed Encouragement Card for Sweet N Sassy Stamps

I was up late making this card, way past bedtime. Sometimes, lightning strikes and when you get an idea, you pretty much can't rest until you lay it down on paper. Know what I mean? I had some excess water spritzed ink left over on a craft mat earlier this week, so I dipped a sheet of mixed media paper into the mix to save for another day. Here's what went down.....

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There are so many troubling world events going on, I find myself making more and more encouragement cards. Not only that, but we've had some unexpected deaths in our church as well so my mind is heavily leaning on lifting others up as well. 

I had in mind to use this stamp set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps called "By The Sea", as my ink smooshed colors were perfect for sunset colors. My son is about to leave for a beach trip and maybe this was on my mind too! 

I love that Sweet N Sassy Stamps has such a great selection of scripture stamps in their shop. It's what initially drew me to their store. I hope you'll stop by the shop and check out all their offerings. Are you a member of their Facebook group? They have a challenge every month with a prize up for grabs.  You should join!

This is not my typical style of card. I generally am compelled to color a scene for stamped images such as this. I really wanted to just stick with all 3 of the ink smooshed colors though, and I think it really works. There was some open white space which I mostly filled in with more of the orange color. All my inks are from Catherine Pooler and you'll find them linked at the end of this post with the other supplies that I used.

I also outlined some of the lines with a white gel pen and drew in my own birds. My sentiment was heat embossed and the entire panel was trimmed to mount on a mini-slimline card.

This card was really very quick to put together which is always an added bonus. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will leave a little light in the world this week and encouragement someone who can really use it! God bless!

Terri

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Sand and Sea Card

Hey friends, today I'm popping in to share this no-line colored scene, featuring the By The Sea stamp set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. Last month, we headed to Tybee Island and I had the pleasure of visiting the brick and mortar store for SNSS, The Stamper's Boutique. I also met owner Korin Sutherland who is an absolute sweetheart! Needless to say, I was totally inspired by my surroundings, and this is one of the stamp sets I picked up while I was there.

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Next time, I will probably go a little darker on my adirondack chair, so there's more distinction from the sandy beach. My image is one entire stamp (except for the sky) which was stamped using my Misti stamp positioner and Inkon3 fadeout ink, which I then colored in with Copic markers.

For my waves, I used a blue/green Copic marker (BG13) to outline the wave marks from the stamp, then blended out my color (using other blue/green markers), leaving some white space and enhancing the waves with a white gel pen. I do not consider myself an expert, coloring scenes. In fact, this was a total experiment that thankfully worked out, for the most part, haha!

You'll notice I used my gel pen on the chair and sand as well. It's one of my most used pens when cardmaking. I also took liberties with the sand, adding darker blending to create a "sandy hillside" effect. Again, just experimenting but I love how it looks. Once I colored in my scene, I used a cloud stencil and worked around my images, stenciling with Aquatini ink from Catherine Pooler Ink. The colors are so lush and The Stamper's Boutique has an extensive line of CP inks in their shop.  Bonus!

I really didn't want to add anything else to my scene, so I stamped a sentiment on the inside of my card and called it a day. Thanks so much for stopping by and if you'd like to do some shopping, I have convenient affiliate links below.  Have a great day!

Terri

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